The visit was carried out to the Boarding School No.3 for Mentally Handicapped Children in order to evaluate the treatment towards them and the living conditions. The Chair of the Board of the Azerbaijan NGO Alliance on Child Rights was involved as an expert to the visit. All objects of the institution were inspected. This was found out that it was rebuilt in compliance with standards and provided with necessary equipments. As a result of the visit the living conditions, the rules of treatment of children were considered satisfactory. Besides this, within the frames of the joint project with the UNICEF with the experts involved by the NPG the visits were carried out to the School No.3 and No.7 for Mentally Handicapped Children of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population and the situation with children was evaluated there. 2.2.9. The establishments of local executive powers Within the frames of the joint project with the UNICEF and jointly with the experts involved by the NPG the visits were carried out to the Orphanages of Baku City Executive Power No. 1 and No. 2, as well as Orphanage under the jurisdiction of Ganja City Executive Power and the situation of children kept there was investigated. The situation in the Orphanage No. 1 was evaluated as satisfactory. During the meeting with children they had no claims regarding ill-treatment. For the first time in Azerbaijan a hostel of 100 beds and meeting modern standards was put into exploitation close to the facility for boys and girls who leave the facility. At present 7 girls and one boy live there and admission of two of those girls to work as nurses was evaluated as estimable fact. Conduction of training on child rights for the staff and detained children in the facility was recommended. During the visit to the Orphanage No. 2 despite the limit determined for children to be kept in the facility was 145, 150 of them were revealed there. During the meeting with children they made no complaints regarding illtreatment. For the first time in Baku the Daytime Care Center was established in the orphanage. This center admits children from families from neighbouring territories with social need or whose children are at risk to be given to statefunded facilities for children. As a result of visit this was defined that there is a need to attract the staff and children of this facility to the trainings in the sphere of child rights. At the same time, realization of activity regarding solution of social problems of children leaving the facility is important as well. As the Orphanage No. 3 stopped its work due to repairing works this was impossible to carry out a visit there. 56

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